SOMALIA

Doctors Without Borders has taken staff out of the world’s largest refugee camp after a string of nearby attacks by al Shabab.

According to a United Nations report, about 795 million people worldwide are going hungry today -- a fall of over 21 percent in the last 25 years.

Experts hope the move could have a ripple effect on the 26 other African nations where the practice remains prevalent.

Local media reported that at least 20 police officers were killed in an overnight ambush in Garissa county in the country's northeast.

The Saudi-led airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels resumed last week after a five-day humanitarian ceasefire.

As the ceasefire in Yemen ended with fresh Saudi-led airstrikes, the U.N. voiced concerns that the worsening crisis could open a corridor for jihadist movements through Somalia.

Samantha Lewthwate, a British-born Muslim accused of terrorism, has allegedly orchestrated the slaughter of more than 400 people in the region.

What Burundi's soldiers do next could dictate what happens to the small country, and much of Africa as well.

Two al Shabab militants and one police officer are dead after a shootout near the Somalia border.

The U.S. secretary of state traveled to Turkey, where NATO ministers also were to discuss instability in Syria and Iraq.

The longtime diplomat and seasoned Africa expert was going to be the first American ambassador to Somalia in decades.

Bombs struck targets in Sanaa Tuesday afternoon just before the start of the ceasefire.

The practice is particularly rampant in rural Egypt where 95 percent of women have been subjected to it.

The proposal comes at a time when migrant flow from North Africa, especially Libya, is increasing by the month.

A warning was given to Garland, Texas, police about Elton Simpson, who opened fire on an art exhibit depicting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Sunday.

Russia said that Europe should model its planned operations to tackle migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean from Libya on anti-piracy patrols in waters off Somalia, but that it would be too extreme to destroy the boats used.

The move would have sent 350,000 Somalis back to their war-ravaged country.

The Islamic State group hasn't organized an attack on U.S. soil yet, but it "will strike the West if and when it can," officials say.

Although the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, experts questioned the group's role.

The unannounced visit, the first ever by a U.S. Secretary of State to the unstable east African nation, was made under tight security.

Law enforcement officials named two gunmen suspected of opening fire at a Prophet Muhammad art contest in Garland, Texas.